So some backstory. My blue wheaten ameraucana chickens name is Gimble. Gimble has curly toe paralysis. We live in Northern BC. It's actually been super mild so far, with temps right at freezing. So my girls have been moulting for a good month and a half while Gimble just started about a week ago.
Around three weeks ago I had her indoors for a five day period, treating her and my bielfelder for vent gleet with acv, monistat, and warm baths in Epsom salts every other day. They looked better so I put them back outside.
She stopped laying shortly after but I assumed she was just going through her molt, because her beard and neck was looking a little rough. So a few days ago I noticed she wasn't out with the others. I went and picked her up after a few days and saw the bottom of her feet were black with frostbite. Pictures included. While giving her a warm epsom bath, I noticed a sore on her stomach as well. I suspect that because the pads of her feet are not the parts in contact with the cold ground and wood, maybe that's why she has these sores? Our bedding is clean and we use straw in our run, so I know it's not like an ammonia burn. It just hasn't even been that cold. We get -40 up here. I'm worried. She's got a bit of a funk to her that isn't like the leaky vent smell so my kind goes to infection.
I don't want a chicken in my house all damn winter - I am due to have my third child in a little bit. I mean I will do what I need to but that doesn't sound like a fun time for her either. It gets cold November to April here.
What do I do to help her? Do I cull at this point to prevent further damage? What even caused this? Thanks in advance for your guys' help.
Adding photos! Sorry I forgot
Around three weeks ago I had her indoors for a five day period, treating her and my bielfelder for vent gleet with acv, monistat, and warm baths in Epsom salts every other day. They looked better so I put them back outside.
She stopped laying shortly after but I assumed she was just going through her molt, because her beard and neck was looking a little rough. So a few days ago I noticed she wasn't out with the others. I went and picked her up after a few days and saw the bottom of her feet were black with frostbite. Pictures included. While giving her a warm epsom bath, I noticed a sore on her stomach as well. I suspect that because the pads of her feet are not the parts in contact with the cold ground and wood, maybe that's why she has these sores? Our bedding is clean and we use straw in our run, so I know it's not like an ammonia burn. It just hasn't even been that cold. We get -40 up here. I'm worried. She's got a bit of a funk to her that isn't like the leaky vent smell so my kind goes to infection.
I don't want a chicken in my house all damn winter - I am due to have my third child in a little bit. I mean I will do what I need to but that doesn't sound like a fun time for her either. It gets cold November to April here.
What do I do to help her? Do I cull at this point to prevent further damage? What even caused this? Thanks in advance for your guys' help.
Adding photos! Sorry I forgot